• AdmiralShat@programming.dev
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    8 months ago

    …you can’t ruin finances by knocking some one into a different tax bracket. This statement alone proves you don’t understand how tax brackets work

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      8 months ago

      In the us, there are very rare cases where someone’s income straddles the line between benefits with a higher value than the increased income. This is not one of those cases, and it effectively only applies to people are below the poverty line and gain only a few hundred dollars in income.